Chapter 44 Soto City... Flander's Little Shop_1
Hulena wiped away her tears and slowly let go of Xu Sheng who she had been hugging tightly, forcing a smile as she said, "Xu Sheng, no matter how long you're gone, we'll always be the Golden Generation of Martial Soul Hall."
Affection flickered in Xu Sheng's eyes as he slowly stroked her hair. "Mhm, when I return, I hope that in a few years time when we meet again, your Soul Power will have taken another step forward."
Despite not showing it on his face, his three years in Martial Soul Hall had also been very fulfilling...
Xu Sheng was well aware of Hulena's feelings for him, but his feelings for her had not yet reached that point...
Now, they were just like intimate teammates.
Flame stood with hands on hips, sourly saying, "Hey, Xu Sheng, in the three years we've cultivated together, we don't even know what your soul power rank is. You're not thinking of keeping it a secret upon leaving, are you?"
Three years ago, he had regarded Xu Sheng as a rival in love, but ever since he realized Hulena had no such feelings for him, he gradually let go of that affection.
Evil Moon, who'd been coldly observing from the side, saw Hulena's attitude towards Xu Sheng, something she'd never shown even to her own biological brother.
He sighed quietly to himself, "Xu Sheng inadvertently took my sister away..."
He wasn't sure if he should be happy that his sister found someone she truly liked, or sad that the sister he had been with for so many years, was taken away like this...
"Flame, if you want to know my soul power rank, then work hard to improve yourself. You're not worthy of it yet," Xu Sheng said lightly...
Flame immediately turned hostile, disdainfully retorting, "Pfft, put on airs all you like. If you're not telling, then don't. I don't care!"
Even if Xu Sheng's martial soul was higher than the three of them, how much higher could it really be?
This arrogant tone, acting like he was some Titled Douluo or other high-level fighter?
...
After leaving Martial Soul City, Xu Sheng headed rapidly north, and it took nearly a day for him to reach the Barak Empire...
Xu Sheng stopped in his tracks on the street, where he was currently wearing the black cloak given to him by Hulena, with a hat covering his face completely...
Xu Sheng slowly raised his hand to lift the hat, his icy gaze sweeping over the somewhat bustling street...
He commented softly, "So this is Soto City? It seems quite nice!"
In reality, he was somewhat grateful to Hulena at this moment...
Luckily, Hulena had given him these two items, which despite being a bit shabby, indeed saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble...
All because, during the long journey to the Barak Empire, Xu Sheng's face had not been covered, and along with his extraordinary bearing, he was very conspicuous among the crowd...
Leading many a young woman or beauty to strike up a conversation...
Having learned his lesson, he wore the two "treasures" from Hulena and successfully arrived here...
But the next moment, Xu Sheng, looking around, focused his gaze on a shop that seemed to deal in antiques, narrowing his eyes, "Hmm? This shop..."
Then he lowered his hat and walked over to the entrance of that shop, looked up at the flamboyant sign, and pushed the door open to enter...
...
The moment Xu Sheng walked in, before he could take a good look around, he sensed an ancient and elegant atmosphere pervading the entire shop...
His gaze gently moved forward, spotting a wooden rocking chair ahead with a middle-aged man sporting a full beard and silver-rimmed glasses, casually fixated on the magazine in his hands...
From the time Xu Sheng entered the shop, not even a glance had been cast his way...
He thought quietly to himself, "Indeed, no wonder this shop resembles the one described in my memory."
The owner of this shop was none other than the headmaster of Shrek Academy, Flander...
Flander's glasses suddenly reflected a burst of white light, and then he spoke indifferently, "If you want something, take a look for yourself. If not, then get out, but either way, don't disturb me!"
Xu Sheng pursed his lips, not bothering to start a conversation, and began to inspect the items laid out around the room carefully...
He reached out and touched the ancient bronze artifact squatting on the ground, and the cool sensation made him somewhat reluctant to let go…
Then he continued forward, and when he reached a shelf, his gaze curiously landed on a simple-looking ring…
Xu Sheng silently picked it up and toyed with it, taking a close look, he could see that the exterior was silver in nature, twinkling with a faint gleam, while at the center of the ring was a pyramidal, blood-red gem that seemed extremely magnificent, but perhaps due to the dust, it appeared quite inconspicuous…
Xu Sheng shook his head, his interest dissipating greatly…
"This ring doesn't seem to have anything special about it, maybe it'll look better after being cleaned," he mused.
The moment the ring was turned over by Xu Sheng, who was about to check out the other trinkets, an intense "buzzing" sound suddenly echoed in his mind…
It was as if something was urgently calling out to him…
Xu Sheng coldly swept a glance around and didn't notice anything amiss…
As he took another step forward, that intense vibrating sound echoed once more in his mind, and this time, it was much more fierce than before…
He looked questioningly at Flander, who was sitting in the rocking chair, and spoke calmly, "Boss, did you hear a vibrating sound just now?"
Who knew that Flander, lying in the rocking chair with his legs crossed, would lazily push up his glasses with his middle finger, giving Xu Sheng an impatient glance, and said discontentedly, "It's very quiet around here, there are no sounds…"
After speaking, he returned his gaze to the magazine in his hands…
It seemed that even though he was so close by, he hadn't heard the vibrating sound Xu Sheng mentioned…
Xu Sheng silently shook his head, secretly wondering, "Could it be that I'm hallucinating?"
Yet that strong vibrating sound…
Wait a minute!
Xu Sheng took a step back to his previous spot and stared intently at the ring with the pyramid-shaped blood-red gemstone…
The vibrating sound had started after he touched the ring, could it be that…
To verify his suspicion, Xu Sheng took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on the ring, then he stepped forward…
Before his foot even fully touched the ground, the ring in Xu Sheng's vision began to tremble wildly, and the "buzzing" sound in his mind started up again incessantly…
Xu Sheng grabbed the ring, looking at this unremarkable ring, and murmured, "Could it be this ring? It doesn't look simple. I'll buy it and keep it for now."
However, he recalled that in the original story, Tang San had acquired a huge yellow crystal in Flander's shop, and it seemed he used it to make a hidden weapon called the Longxu needle…
Its penetrative power was so strong that it could pierce through Zhao Wuji's defenses…
After several minutes of searching, a precious-looking yellow crystal was placed in front of Xu Sheng…
Xu Sheng tapped the unusually hard crystal, astonished, he thought, "Is this the thing?"
Then he picked up the Exploding Crystal and the blood-red ring and placed them on the counter…
Xu Sheng's emotionless eyes turned to Flander and he spoke indifferently, "Boss, how much for these in golden soul coins? I'll take them all."
Flander only glanced at Xu Sheng in surprise, and when he noticed his strange attire, which didn't even show his cheeks…
And that he was buying two items that he considered worthless, his gaze gradually narrowed…
He couldn't help but ponder Xu Sheng's identity…
"The crystal is five hundred golden soul coins, the ring three hundred golden soul coins…"
With that, he would see whether this guy really needed these items…
The prices Flander casually quoted for the two items were five times higher than in the original story!!